India faces a severe shortage of skilled workers, with only 2.3% having formal training compared to much higher rates in other countries. India has a large young population that could help overcome this, but only if they are skilled through programs like Skill India. Skill India aims to create an implementation framework for lifelong skill development opportunities, including incorporating skilling into school curriculum and providing quality long and short-term training programs to meet trainee and job market needs. There are over 1.3 crore employable people with disabilities in India, but low employment rates, in part due to lack of access to quality, standardized training programs. Increased skill training and jobs for people with disabilities could help address this.

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Skill India For Empowering
People with Special Needs
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Dhiyaneshwari RP (Registration ID DB5971)

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Ministry of Skill Development And
Entrepreneurship
Why it is so urgent ?
• India currently faces a severe shortage of well-trained,
skilled workers. It is estimated that only 2.3 % of the
workforce in India has undergone formal skill training as
compared to 68% in the UK, 75% in Germany, 52% in
USA, 80% in Japan and 96% in South Korea.
• India is one of the youngest nations in the world, with
more than 54% of the total population below 25 years of
age and over 62% of the population in the working age
group (15-59 years). The country’s population pyramid is
expected to bulge across the 15-59 age group over the
next decade. This demographic advantage is predicted to
last only until 2040. India therefore has a very narrow
time frame to harness its demographic dividend and to
overcome its skill shortages
Skill India - Overview
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Create an end-to-end implementation framework for skill development, which
provides opportunities for life-long learning. This includes: incorporation of
skilling in the school curriculum, providing opportunities for quality long and
short-term skill training, by providing gainful employment and ensuring career
progression that meets the aspirations of trainees
Objective

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1. Blindness
2. Low-vision
3. Leprosy Cured persons
4. Hearing Impairment
(deaf and hard of hearing)
5. Locomotor Disability
6. Dwarfism
7. Intellectual Disability
8. Mental Illness
9. Autism Spectrum Disorder
10. Cerebral Palsy
11. Muscular Dystrophy
12. Chronic Neurological
conditions
13. Specific Learning Disabilities
14. Multiple Sclerosis
15. Speech and Language disability
16. Thalassemia
17. Hemophilia
18. Sickle Cell disease
19. Multiple Disabilities including
deaf blindness
20. Acid Attack victim
21. Parkinson's disease
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2001 and 2011
Status of People with Disabilities
Percentage of Disabled Population in the Respective Age
Groups India : 2011
Age Group Persons Males Females
All Ages 2.21 2.41 2.01
0-4 1.14 1.18 1.11
5-9 1.54 1.63 1.44
10-19 1.82 1.96 1.67
20-29 1.97 2.22 1.70
30-39 2.09 2.41 1.77
40-49 2.31 2.66 1.94
50-59 2.83 3.16 2.47
60-69 4.15 4.41 3.89
70-79 6.22 6.26 6.19
80-89 8.41 8.33 8.48
90+ 8.40 7.88 8.85
Age Not Stated 3.07 3.21 2.91
Every ~3
persons in
100 working
population
are people
with
disabilities.
Its trending
to greater
than 3 with
inclusion of
new
disability
areas
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill – Dec 2016.
Types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21

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Facts about Employment of PwD*
Disability Act 1995
3% reservation in
identified posts
Suitable for PwD
10.2 % of all posts in
Ministries/Departments
and public establishment
Filled with PwD
3.5 % in
Ministries/Departments
4.5 % in public establishment
Reality: While the 3% quota has been met in the strict terms of the Act, the share of
disabled people in all posts remains negligible, at 0.44%. (Source: World Bank Report).
*PwD : Person with Disability
#As per survey conducted by National Centre for
Promotion of Employment for Disabled People
(NCPEDP)
Which is remain negligible while comparing over
all population of India with available work force
In Government Sector
In Private Sector
The Annual report of the Ministry of Labour and Employment indicates there are ~ 1 million disabled people on the live
register of the 81 Employment exchanges and special cells of the country, waiting to get government jobs.

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The Big Gap
1.34 Crores PwD
are Employable
age (15 to 59)
PWD are the poorest
in the population
Trainings are non-
homogenous, lacks
quality and is very low
on employability.
Very low access of
the present training
infrastructure to the
PwDs in rural areas.
The skill training
offered by various
ministries/department
s to the PwDs is
fragmented or
overlapping

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Rest All PWD
Achieving 100% Employment for employable population
is Unachievable without PwD Participation
Some of the challenges Faced by PwD with respective to Skills
 Lack of daily living skills Lack of self-esteem and confidence
 Basic Skills for social Interaction  Life Skills needed for Job
 Poor knowledge of English Lack of access to skills and technology

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Advantages of Employing PwD
Persons with disabilities make good dependable employees. Employers with disabled workers
consistently report that, as a group, persons with disability perform on par or better than their non-
disabled peers on measures such as productivity, safety and attendance.
Persons with disability are more likely to stay on the job. The costs of job turnover, such as lost
productivity and expenses related to recruitment and training, are well known to most employers
Hiring persons with disability increases workforce morale.
Persons with disability are an untapped resource of skill and talent. persons with disability have skills
that businesses need i.e. technical job skills and transferable problem solving skills developed in daily
life.
Persons with disability represent an overlooked multibillion-dollar market segment. The market
consists of their families and friends.

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பபொறியின்மை யொர்க்கும் பழியன்று அறிவறறி்து
ஆள்வறிமை இன்மை பழி – குறள் 618
Explanation : Physical disability is no disgrace to any one. But to be without exertion and
without knowing what should be known, is disgrace
Skill India : Beware of Various Government Initiatives to develop Skills of PwD
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation
Scheme (DDRS)
Skill training through the
National Institutes
SIPDA (Scheme for Implementation of Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights
and Full Participation) Act, 1995)
Vocational Rehabilitation
Centre for Handicapped
Public Sector Undertakings like NTPC, BPCL, BEL,
HAL etc. have also contributed substantially to
vocational training of persons with disability

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Conclusion : Technology Driven Skill development is a must for PwD
Transformation
of Technologies
for PwD
Transformation
of Learning &
Skill
Development
Transformation
of Teaching
Make Technologies are accessible to PwD
Inclusion of Digital Technologies in Teaching for PwD
Develop Vocational Trainings based on Technology for creating higher employment opportunity